Court No. 10 (1629) 23.07.2026 (JPD 17) (S. Banerjee) Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side WPA 1296 of 2026 Manoj Kumar Sarkar Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Ajay Singhal Ms. Heena Yasmin Shaikh … for the petitioner Mr. Jagriti Mishra, Ld. AAAG Ms. Radhika Agarwal … for the State The petitioner filed WPA 332 of 2026 alleging inaction on the part of the respondent authorities in not considering and disposing of the petitioner’s representation in terms of para 47 of the judgment delivered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 004800 of 2025 (State of West Bengal –Vs.- Baishakhi Bhattacharyya (Chatterjee) & Ors.) dated April 3, 2025. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was appointed to the post of Junior Programme 2 Officer under MGNREGA under the 5th respondent vide memo no. 1310/ MGNREGA dated March 16, 2017. The petitioner states that she being eligible and also fulfilling the requisite criterion submitted on application as per the observations made by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in paragraph 47 of the judgment dated April 3, 2025 before the 5th respondent seeking resumption to the post of Junior Programme Officer under MGNREGA, Alipurduar. Alleging inaction on the part of the respondent authorities, the petitioner filed WPA 332 of 2026. A coordinate Bench by an order dated March 17, 2026 directed the respondent no. 3 therein to consider and decide the petitioner’s representations/application including the representation dated April 21, 2025 in accordance with law and in the light of paragraph 47 of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court within a specified timeframe. 3 Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that in spite of expiry of the stipulated period, the respondent authority has not communicated its decision to the petitioner till date. Learned advocate appearing for the 3rd respondent submits that the reasoned order shall be communicated to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from date. Such submission of the learned advocate appearing for the 3rd respondent is placed on record. In the light of the submissions made by the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties, this writ petition stands disposed of by directing the Commissioner of MGNREGA, Panchayat and Rural Development Department to pass a reasoned and speaking order on the petitioner’s representation dated April 21, 2025 and communicate the same to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible but positively on or before August 17, 2026. 4 It is, however, made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the claim of the petitioner and all points are left open to be decided by the said authority in accordance with law. (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)